声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
摘要
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
1.Introduction
1.1 Jack Kerouac and On the Road
1.2 Literature review
1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis
2.Revolt against the White Identity
2.1 Strong tension in life
2.2 Living a counter-cultural Life
2.2.1 Drug-taking
2.2.2 Sexual promiscuity
3.Pursuit of a New Identity
3.1 Yearning for the marginal place
3.1.1 The mysterious American west
3.1.2 The magic Mexico
3.2 Longing to be marginal beings
3.2.1 “Wishing Ⅰ were a Negro”
3.2.2 “We Mexicans’’
4.Failed Pursuit of a New Identity
4.1 Return to the old identity
4.2 Reasons for failed pursuit
4.2.1 Disappointment at the American west
4.2.2 Idealization of the colored culture
4.2.3 Dependence on the white society
5.Conclusion
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